Birthday sewing

All three of our kids have a birthday within the next 6 weeks.....so I thought it time I tackled something else  on my " bookmarked to do list" and add to the birthday celebrations coming up fast......

Happy Birthday Bunting.....

How hard is it to photograph bunting? Anyways I used this tutorial for inspiration and raided my stash ( gotta luv projects that raid the stash you already have).

I kept it colourful and suitable for all birthdays big and small....why haven't I made one before now I don't know.

This Year

The all important class list...
we went and checked out the kids class lists for the year. These can work for you or against you.
Meg has the teacher she was hoping for and some of the friends she was hoping for...so all round come Wednesday she will be pretty relaxed....


Fraser...hhmmm he is not sure about the whole impending Wednesday thingy.....he doesn't really know the teacher he has been given and although he has a mate or two in his class it has not been enough to persuade him that Year one really will be fun and full of new adventures..


Well one thing is for sure that in just two more sleeps it will all be on for the year...
maybe I will let them play out in the street with the neighbourhood kids a little longer tonight!

Bird On It...

This is too funny.....

Well I thought so anyway.

Found via Meet Me at Mikes

Today

Hannah Whitall Smith writes:

“This blessed life must not be looked upon in any sense as an attainment but as an obtainment.  We cannot earn it; we cannot climb up to it; we cannot win it; we can do nothing but ask for it and receive it. It is the gift of God in Christ Jesus. And where a thing is a gift, the only course left for the receiver is to take it and thank the giver.”  found via here

Drive In

One thing we promised ourselves and the kids we would do while on holiday was to go the Drive In theatre......

It was such a neat thing to do and the kids were fascinated by the whole concept...

Remember when you used to hook up these to your window for the sound?

Well now you just tune in your radio....

still glad we did it for who knows how long they will be around.

Swimming

Did I mention we went swimming.....lots.....

We had a fantastic apartment right in front of the pools...although it was hard to convince the kids that maybe we should have a break from the water for a while when they could see how much fun was being had by others...

Home Sweet Home

We're home but feeling like we could have stayed a few more weeks days....

We ......

played tennis

ate icecream

found caches

went fishing
ate chocolate

swam lots
slept in

read books

went thrifting
went to the drive ins
 went possum spotting

and just hung out with each other....

doesn't get much better than that.

Checklist

Checklist - To Take.

Fishing Rods  - check

Tackle boxes   - check

Good Book  - check

Geocaching list   - check

Bathers  - check

See ya when we get back!

I can do it...

Thanks to Retromummy I have discovered that even on my 22 year old sewing machine I can do this......

Oh .... Ok I need to practise my wiggles and squiggles but at least I now know what that foot is for and what I can do with it.....there may be no stopping me now!

That is except time and the million other things on my "bookmarked" list.

Now

We only have now....

so

Master Your impatience

But 

Don't  procrastinate..

Some wise teaching from our Senior Pastor tonight.

Rescued

Today I was lucky enough to visit my  local goodwill store and find something that was perfect for me to bring back to life.

After noticing that it was less than perfect I decided that I would take it home anyway...the kind lady at the counter was very embarrassed that it was defective and was horrified that it had made it onto the floor. After I convinced her that it was indeed perfect for me she reduced it quite heavily (yeah for me) .

I asked her what actually happened to the goods that were "rejected"..she told me that they get packed up and shipped to third world countries, even the broken things!!!

I know there is probably good intentions there but I was quite saddened to think that our richly resourced country was happy to send our "rubbish to those in poor countries of the world?

Yes I am sure they appreciate that which we don't but I think they still deserve more than the discarded!

What's your style?

Take this visual quiz to find your style....

This was fun....I found it here and if you click here you will go to The Stylish Home site.

 

This is what came up for me.......
Details...

Cozy… not oversized - a hand crafted gem. Kitchen ambitions move slow by design. A bedroom with distinct character - warm and charming. Art that definitely does not match the sofa. Enjoying elegant outdoor fare. Relax in a contemplative way. Pre-war, upper east side attitude. Wild and crazy days in your wonderful home..

Suspected "California Country"

- Sandra Bullock

- Harrison Ford

- Jeff Bridges

...Derek also did it and was slightly different to me but pretty right for him.

Oh Yum

We are still playing catch-up with some of the Hip Hip Hooray for holidays fun....

last day of swimming lessons today and we had my nephew tag along home with us.

I set both him and Meg up to make these very yummy 

Wagon Wheels....

so easy and much fun was had with chocolate everywhere.

Thanks again to Melissa for this idea go check it out and see how simple it was for these two to make them.

Nearly there

It's been a great way to pass the last two weeks of the school holidays and spend time with cousins each day.

Without my very capable sister it wouldn't have been possible....so from my wet soggy swimmers to you.....

THANK YOU.

Marble House

With having vacation swimming lessons every day, the afternoons are spent hanging out at home or Aunty's for two days of the week.

So this afternoon I set them both a task....here's a box go away together and make a marble house...

So using Mel's idea(Hip Hip Hooray for Holidays)  they worked together and came up with this...they then assigned points to each hole and kept score as they rolled marbles.

My only rule make sure I don't find any marbles lying around when you're done!